I have some ridiculously talented friends! My good friend Meg of Meg Ruth Photography organized this amazing styled shoot with the help with some great wedding vendors! I was super stoked when she invited me to her styled shoot. She worked really hard on this project for weeks, and I was so thrilled to come and help her at her styled shoot in any way that I could. Meg has such an eye for color and detail! I wouldn’t even know how to begin to design a table like this. The colors go really well together. You can see her pictures on the Meg Ruth Photography blog or at her feature at Style Me Pretty, along with all the DIY instructions on how to recreate some of the projects, and all the vendors that came together to make this possible.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! It’s springtime in Vegas now and my backyard plants are in full bloom!

One of the things that I would have changed about my own wedding is my bouquet. Back then, I didn’t care too much about flowers, so I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on them. I just asked the florist what was in season and what kinds of flowers were sturdy, so that the flowers wouldn’t wilt in the heat. I decided that I wanted bouquet of roses and orchids and orchid boutonnieres based on her information. But the flowers I got on my wedding day were totally different than what I ordered with no explanation from the florist, and they started wilting before I even got to the reception and sadly, I had to chuck them in the trash. I understand now how crucial it is to have a good florist, especially one that is very communicative and takes the time to tell you how to care for your bouquet to make it last. So when it came time to do a personal project, I asked one of the best florists in town, Catherine of Layers of Lovely to whip up an all white bouquet for me. Unfortunately I had to postpone my project due to inclement weather, so sadly we never got to use this bouquet. But at least I can show you how pretty it is!

Layers of Lovely designed an all white bouquet with hydrangea, sweet pea, roses, and ranunculus. The sweet pea adds a hint of green for some color. I am in love with ranunculus! It is becoming my new favorite flower!

Isn’t this ranunculus boutonniere adorable?

Some other photographers brought along their own models to the Steampunk shoot that I featured last week. I didn’t photograph anyone else except for few photos of my friend Melissa Jack‘s super cute bride. The sun highlighted her hair beautifully and I used a reflector just to give a little bit of light on her face.

Have you heard of Steampunk? I’ve actually never heard of Steampunk until I saw someone blog a Steampunk wedding a few weeks ago. I had to google it, and even then, I’m not sure I fully understand it, but I found it utterly fascinating. To boil it down, it’s Victorian meets sci-fi, and here’s the Wikipedia article if you’re interested in reading more. My friend Heather Baldwin of Forever Dawn Photography organized this shoot and found a huge group of Steampunk enthusiasts in Vegas, and I was very excited to be photograph them. I think they outnumbered the photographers, which usually doesn’t happen in a photographer get together!

Everyone had these elaborate costumes that they made themselves or bought through Ebay and Etsy. We should have tried to get a group shot at the beginning, but we weren’t organized enough, so here are most of the Steampunk enthusiasts that showed up for the shoot. We shot this at the Clark County Museum, which is fairly large and I could take individual portraits of each person without running into another photographer. I just love the details that everyone put on their costumes.

As you can see by the variety of costumes, everyone has a different interpretation of Steampunk and the costumes reflect their personalities. A lot of them had guns too, of all shapes and sizes.

I was really impressed with her gun and how it is modified from one of those Nerf guns!

This is my interpretation of American gothic juxtaposed by a warmer portait on the right. I really wanted to show off her beautiful eyes!

I photographed this couple separately because I just love these portraits. He is dressed up as a Prussian soldier, and yes, that is his real mustache!